Adjustable stove-cover



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S. WATERMAN.-

ADJUSTABLE sTovE COVER.

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Unirse @raras "Partnr @risica SARAH 'WATERMAN OF MILVAUKEE, XVISCONSIN.

ADJUSTABLE STOVE-COVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 378,271, dated February2l, 1888.

Application filed September 24, 1887. Serial No` 250,595. (No model.)

To all 207mm it may concern:

Be it known that l, SARAH WATERMAN, of Milwaukee, in the county ofMilwaukee and State or' Wisconsin, have invent-ed new and use- 5 fulImprovements in Adj nstable StoveCovers; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of said invention,reference being had. tothe accompany ing drawings, and to the letters orfigures of [O reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

illyinvention, while I provide for obtaining stoveholes of varied andadjustable sizes and for the covers and lids thereto, respectively,

[5 consists, also, especially in providing means for guiding and securing the several rings or parts of the cover in proper and convenientpositions for handy use.

In the drawings, Figure l is a small section 2O of the top of a stovehaving a stove-hole with is a bottom view of the same ring shown in 3.Figs. 5 and 6 are top and bottom per spective views, respectively, ofone of the rings of the cover.

The same letters refer to like parts in all the 3o views.

In the drawings, F represents the top plate of a stove, in which thereis a stove-hole covered by my improved lid made up of the center piece,A, and of the series of rings B, C, D, and E. Each of the parts of thecover A, i3, C, D, and E is provided in its top with arecess, G, adaptedfor receiving and holding the end of a stove-handle, whereby the coveror part of the cover is raised or handled conrEhis recess is preferablyconstructed with a central cross-bar, H, under which the end of thehandle is adapted to enter and be retained in position. The top plateofthe stoveis provided with a ledge, I, at and near its under surfaceabout the stove-hole, on

which a corresponding dange, J, at and near the upper surface of theouter ring of the lid about its periphery, is adapted to rest, wherebythe stove-cover is supported in place. Each 5o of the rings E, D, G, andBis also provided with aledgc, I, of similar form and construetion asthe ledge I, and each of the rings D C B and the central part, A, areprovided with a flange-of similar form and construction to the flange J,whereby the central part, A, and the series of surrounding rings B, C,D, and Eare fitted and adapted to rest upon and be supported by the nextsuccessive outer ring, the last ring, E, being iitted to and supportedon the plate F.

It will be seen that the central part, A, may be removed withoutdisturbing the rings B,

(3, D, or E thereabout, or that any one of the several rings may beremoved, thereby raising therewith the interior ring or rings and thecentral part, A, without disturbing the outer ring or rings whereby thestove-opening may be made oi' such size as is desired, whereby a singlestove-hole, by the use of this peculiar lid, is adapted for use for anyvessel, either large or small. By reason of the number of parts of whichthis stove-cover is composed,it is very desirable that the severalrecesses G for the handle should always be near together, and preferablyin a common line convenient for use. For the purpose of securing analignnient of the'reeesses G G, and for securing the several parts ofthe lid together in such position, I provide a recess, II, in the top ofthe ledge I of each of the rings of the cover. ThisA recess isconstructed with vertical lateral sides and with an inclined rearsurface. I also provide on the under side of the liange .I of the centerpiece, A, and ofeach of the rings eX- cept the outside one, a downwardlyprojecting locking-guide, L. This locking-guide L is provided withvertical lateral sides and with an upwardly-inclined front surface,whereby it is adapted to be received and retained in the recess K.,thereby locking the parts together against any circular movementhorizontally. rlhe'incline on the front surface of the guidelock L isintended for securing a ready and, easy adj nstnient of the parts toeach other, and" the rear of the recess K is beveled correspondingly totit the surface of the guide-loci; L, so as to make a comparativelytight joint at that place. 'Ihe guide-lock L and correspo ding recess Kare so located that when the parts are properly adjusted together theseve al recesses G G will be in line, as shown in Fig l, the guidedocksL and recesses beingprefer- IOO ably located in the same line with therecesses G.. The number of rings of which the stovecover is vcomposedmay be varied as desired.

Having thus described myinvention, what I and a supporting-flange, J,and the rings each 5 claim as new, and desire to secure by Lettershaving a ledge, I, all located, constructed, and

Patent, isarranged substantially as described.

An adjustable interlocking stove-lid con- In testimony whereof I affixmy signature in sisting of a central part, A, and a series of presenceof two Witnesses. successively encompassingrings, B C D E, each SARAHWATERMAN. ro of the rings being provided with a recess, K, Vitnesses:

and the center piece, A, andeaeh of the rings C. T. BENEDICT, except theoutside one being provided with a C. H. KEENEY.

guide-lock, L, adapted to enter the corresponding recess K, the centerpiece, A, and each 0f the rings being also provided with a recess, G, 15

